Studio Command H shares most of the features of the original Studio Command 700, with the differences being related to the technical difference in the lamps. The new luminaire is aimed at a wide variety of applications including theatrical, corporate, concert touring, house of worship markets or any other show or installation requiring a powerful wash fixture.
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With the likes of Rhythm and Blues greats including Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Paul Young, Geno Washington and Eddie Floyd performing, and the nature and venue of the show, the brief given to Lighting Designer, Baz Halpin was to create an intimate atmosphere.
The lighting rig comprised eight of the new Mac 700's, alongside Mac 500's, parcans, ACL's and Molefays, set up by specialist lighting company LXCO, Baz incorporated the architecture of the venue into his lighting specifications. The use of the Mac 700's was also a welcome addition to the set up, Halpin says: "I've found the Mac 700's have the features you miss when you work with the alternative light designs. Martin has combined the best ele
Quick installation is achieved by wire ready contacts allowing solid wires, as well as stranded wires with ferrules, to be inserted directly without any lever actuation.
Having two independent connections per pole allows one wire to be relocated while the second is kept under constant pressure in a gas-tight and vibration-resistant connection. A test port for each pole permits easy verification of the circuit.
Available with two to 24 poles, the design of double solder pins for each pole provides a stable mounting on the PCB and
"This agreement marks an important relationship for Martin as we look to bring our first LED-based products to market this year and help drive adoption of this fast-emerging technology," said Christian Engsted, president and CEO of Martin Professional. "We recognize that LEDs will prominently impact the global lighting market, and believe that leveraging Color Kinetics' developed patent portfolio will strengthen our competitive position in this new and highly anticipated market d
The University of Glamorgan has also become the only university in the UK with an Authorised WYSIWYG Trainer (AWT). "These exciting developments put the University at the forefront of the industry and will ensure that students get the highest quality of WYSIWYG tuition possible," comments senior lecturer and lighting designer Stuart Green.
In addition to benefiting students on the BSc (Hons) Ligh
ColorExpress assembles an average of 4,000 gelstrings per month, but that average is growing: the team produced a record 4,600 gelstrings in January alone - and broke that record again in March with 4,800 gelstrings, including a large order of 442 custom-made large format CXIs for The Villagio mall in Doha, Qatar. Because the CXI allows colour mixing via dual scrolling gelstrings, the order required 884 gelstrings in a 36" width. Denise Clark, Colo
The draft standard is a suite of protocols offering needed services in network management, device management, device description, and device control with reliable multi-cast transport on data networks that use the common Internet Protocols. There are 21 documents that describe various aspects of the suite of protocols, and they are all contained in the approximately 2.5 megabyte compressed file ACN.zip. Reviewers should also read the Readme.pdf file. It is not part of the draft standard, but it explains the structure of ACN and the changes that were made since the last public review.
The Royal Court Theatre in London's Sloane Square is Britain's leading theatre company dedicated to new work by innovative writers. The Court's 50th anniversary celebrations are centred around 8 May 2006, fifty years to the day from the 1956 opening of John Osborne's Look Back In Anger, widely judged to be the play that marked the beginning of modern British drama. Since that time, the Court has premiered plays by many writers, who include: Edward Bond, Peter Gill, Christopher Hampton, Athol Fugard, Howard Brenton, Sam Shepard, and Hanif Kureishi.
The Court's influence on theatre design has been equally important, with the theatre leading the way in the
"The LSC dimmers and consoles are suited to India's unpredictable power conditions and extreme temperatures," said Sanjay Mudartha, director of Acoustic Control. "The dimmers have saved our lamps on many occasions when voltages exceeded safe limits, by shutting down. And despite very hot and humid conditions have never shut down due to thermal issues."
Situated on the third floor of the new block at Christ College, the auditorium se
Lighting designers Seth Jackson and B.K. Waggoner put their heads together at the outset to devise a very flexible rig that could be toured extensively, and broken down into different component parts and versions for the various sections of the tour - depending on the type of venues being played.
Their lighting company of choice on both sides of the Atlantic is Bandit Lites. Waggoner, who is also out operating the tour says, "Bandit's gear is always in excellent condition, their crew are fantastic and the service is second to none." He adds that it's also great to have continuity of supplier across the two continents.
For Bandit Lites, Lester Cobrin handles all UK and European requi
Hawthorn's project manager, Matt Oscroft specified Clay Paky Alpha Spots and Alpha Wash lights, supplemented with Pulsar's LED Par 36s and Thomas LED battens. For control, he chose an Avolites Sapphire and Irad Pixel drive. In order for Hawthorns to get across their design concepts, Oscroft used their new WYSIWYG suite, providing visuals and complex designs for both DB Systems and the final client, Palmer and Harvey. This software proved to be invaluable as time was limited onsite and there were no space or time for errors.
Oscroft's sound spec included Martin Audio li
Housed in a sturdy compact casing, the unit complements the growing Mania DJ/performer line of effect lights, colour changers, deco effects, strobe lights, scanners and promotional lights, say the company: its 2.3 litre fluid capacity giving impressively long run times.
The Magnum 1500 comes with a flying bracket as standard and an innovative 180° 'Flip Solution' allows for versatile positioning for precise horizontal or more vertical projection. It comes complete with a truss-mounting bracket for easy installation. The bracket also works as a ha
Circuit Lighting services many major TV shows and events, and their team of four was led by Mirash Lekaj for this event. This award-winning and popular cable talk show, which analyzes football teams and games, was staged in the middle of the Museum's exhibition displays.The fixtures were dotted around across the floor, on the set and on a ground supported trussing system. Being in a museum environment was very challenging - all the work had to be undertaken with great care and skill, and with the safety of the exhibits in mind at all times.
The Robe's - 12 Spot and 12 Wash fixtures, the latter with electronic ballast - were chosen because of familiar
The venue's owners wanted to appeal to wide mix of students, young professionals and sports fans, and approached Metropolis on the strength of their other work in this field which includes the current Sports Café brand roll out.
For the first floor Common Room - in a converted Post Office warehouse building - they wanted to create a stimulating and lively environment throughout the bars and large pool playing area with the imaginative use of sound, lighting and AV. They also wanted colour changing LED lighting in the street side windows and below the pool tables.
The project was managed for Metropolis by Stuart Clowes. The client's sp
Since 2004 Charcoalblue, created by Andy Hayles, Jack Tilbury, Jon Stevens and Gavin Green, has also been working on the RSC's new Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.2005 saw commissions from English National Opera and Bristol Old Vic, in addition to being appointed by the National Theatre to work on its new studio redevelopment with Haworth Tompkins Architects. Following this, Aldeburgh Productions appointed Charcoalblue as theatre consultant for a second concert hall space at Snape Maltings, and to Newcastle Theatre Royal for a renewed flytower.
This year Charcoalblue was awarded the
Leading the list of new features are improved displays with alternate row shading and with new options to highlight each new set of focus groups, channels or cues. Individual lamp-focuses can be flagged to draw attention to those requiring regular focussing. New 'QuickFind' buttons allow direct access to particular focuses, lights, cues or more. New Photo Shoot and Focus Loop functions make it even easier to step through a rig either photographing focuses or
The festival lighting systems at both venues were exact duplicates of each other - with a pretty standard four horizontal truss set up featuring an array of moving lighting, strobes and generic fixtures. Each band had the opportunity to add to the rig, but the only one that took advantage were - The Lost Prophets.
LD Mark Scrimshaw, who has been in the business since 1990, had six mega pods hung from the upstage truss. Within each of the pods there were six PixelLine 1044s and an Atomic strobe. Each of the pods was hung on two motors and at various points during the set - the pods were moved up and down to various pre-set positions creating a constantly moving blinding wall of light.
Scrimshaw enthuses: "I was looking for a
The Motor Show - a flagship event for the automobile industry - toured from February to April, visiting all of Australia's major cities. It showcased the latest in automotive design and technology including futuristic prototypes and concept vehicles, and hosted an array of demonstrations and entertainment venues.
Robe's Australian distributor Universal Lighting and Audio (ULA) worked closely with the country's leading production company, Clifton Productions in producing technical and creative solutions for all of the booths. In February, Clifton underwent massive expansion with the purchase of 100 Robe AT series luminaires enabling them to servic
Studio Spots were specified in the upside down nightclub set for various reasons, says programmer Scott Barnes. "I went with the Studio Spots because I needed the lights to be fairly small and I wanted to do a Gobo Shake (a special effect in Studio Spot) to simulate that the head is jammed or broken. John Seale, the director of photography, loved this feature.
"For the nightclub we just used three Studio Spots. It was a small rig. Before the ship rolls over, there are a number of establishing scenes. One of these scenes is in the nightclub on the ship. This was
The dmXact software has just finished beta testing at Element Labs following their request for this new capability for use on their video servers. Element has ordered six units for their use in sales and support.
Prior to this time, DMX users wishing to see real DMX output values were generally challenged by the use of a cursor based DMX test device or a full-featured console. With the advent of the dmXact chip, this powerful tool is now placed in the palm of any Pocket Console user.
dmXact allows the user to choose, from one of four methods, how they wish to see the output of the Pocket Console: DMX real values from 0-255; DMX % values from 0-100%; binHex values from 0-FF; No output readout. These choices are easily selected by depressing the last or next buttons while in
The two effect pipelines for programming effects, as well as an output window offers direct and intuitive access to lighting effects. Madrix can be used for DMX remote-control by any DMX console (DMX-IN). Madrix can be controlled even more simply with a mouse, keyboard or monitor. With a soundcard and the Music2Light effects, it performs a 100% synchronised light show.
Using Madrix, RGB or RGBW light matrices can be controlled. Madrix makes it simple to program effects, colours, gradients, tickers, bitmaps or videos. Madrix is a user-friendly software package for triggering small and big LED- installations through DMX512.
A free demonstration can be downloaded from www
In addition to his formal education Peter has already amassed wealth of industry experience. He has been involved with productions in the Bristol & Cardiff areas for the last six years. He also launched the online industry forum the Blue Room in early 2003 and continues as one if its key moderators.
Kirkup was a big user of Zero 88 products even before university and has been actively specifying our products to local amateur groups (especially the Frog range) after attending a Zero 88
All potential bursary applicants should be UK-based designers who have not previously exhibited at the 100% shows. Applicants who can demonstrate craft and design skills in producing commercially viable products for the lighting industry could be eligible for one of this year's 100% Light bursaries. There will be three 100% Light bursaries on offer to the most original and innovative new designer-makers, with the winners each receiving a 50% discount against the cost of stand space at 100% Light 2006.
The 100% Design bursary, launched in 1997 has helped more than 70 designers. Running alongside established sister shows 100% Design and 100% Detail, 100% Light will feature a
Covering the manufacturer's Northeast region, from Virginia to Maine, CS&A is under the direction of co-founders John Cardone and Mike Solomon, who were presented with the same award by SurgeX only three years ago.
Cardone says: "It is a pleasure representing a product like SurgeX, which provides such reliable performance and clear benefits to the designer, integrator and end user of any AV system."
"Working with such a professional and attentive rep firm like CS&A is certainly a mutually rewarding experience," says SurgeX co-founder and senior principal Michael McCook. "Their broad-based knowledge of system
